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The Browney Curve landslide site.
Posted inThe Landslide Blog

Remediating the Browney Curve landslide in County Durham

by Dave Petley 11 April 202511 April 2025

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Rail Advent has a very nice article that describes the now completed repair of the Browney Curve landslide on the East Coast Mainline railway line in England. This is a site that […]

The vehicle on which the two people were travelling, found 800 m away from the impact point San Felice a Cancello. Image from the Italian Fire Brigade: www.vigilfuoco.tv.
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The 27 August 2024 post-fire debris flows in San Felice a Cancello, Italy

by Dave Petley 9 April 20259 April 2025

Guest post by Giuseppe Esposito and Stefano Gariano The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In a recent article published in the journal Landslides, Esposito and Gariano (2025) describe the first post-fire debris flow event with fatal consequences recorded […]

Map of Irish wetlands
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Where the Wetlands Are

by Rebecca Owen 26 February 202526 February 2025

Researchers have crafted the most comprehensive map yet of Europe’s wetlands.

The Sun sets in an orange sky over the city of Madrid.
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Europe Faces Increased Heat Mortality in Coming Decades

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 25 February 202525 February 2025

Extreme temperature caused by unchecked climate change could claim 2.3 million lives in Europe by 2100, a new study warns.

A cracked, polygonal, dried lake basin in Italy shows what the drought conditions were like in 2017.
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A Warming Climate Is Shifting Eurasian Drought Conditions

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 24 February 202515 May 2025

Researchers use tree ring records to help reconstruct hydroclimate patterns and isolate drivers of drought.

绿油油的森林地面上生长着白色的桦树,许多树都伸出了照片的框架之外。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

科学家公布欧洲新的温室气体收支

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 14 February 202514 February 2025

为欧洲制定的温室气体收支突出了整个大陆的碳源和碳汇,可作为未来几年的基准。

A Google Earth image, collected in April 2023, showing the aftermath of the 30 November Maratea rockfall.
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The 30 November 2022 Maratea rockfall in southern Italy

by Dave Petley 21 November 202421 November 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 30 November 2022, the Maratea rockfall occurred on the slopes below  Castrocucco castle in southern Italy. This landslide is the subject of an interesting paper (Santo and Massaro 2024) that has […]

A Google Earth image from March 2024 showing the Nordic Waste landslide.
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The remarkable Nordic Waste landslide in Ølst, Denmark

by Dave Petley 14 November 202414 November 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Loyal readers may remember that in January of this year I posted a piece about the ongoing scandal associated with the Nordic Waste landslide in Denmark. In brief, this was a large […]

More recent movement of the slope at Brienz in Switzerland.
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A new landslide-driven evacuation of Brienz in Switzerland

by Dave Petley 12 November 202412 November 2024

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Back in the summer of 2023, Brienz in Switzerland was evacuated due to the threat of a large rockslope failure that threatened to bury the village. The so-called Brienz-Brinzauls landslide finally failed […]

Uma fumaça espessa e amarelada sobe de um incêndio que queima árvores em uma encosta, além de algumas estruturas e um caminhão de bombeiros
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Como os Incêndios e o Clima Afetam a Saúde Pública de Portugal

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 31 October 202431 October 2024

Os investigadores analisaram os dados para examinar os efeitos dos incêndios florestais, dos poluentes e dos fatores meteorológicos na mortalidade e na saúde cardiovascular no país ibérico.

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